Post Band is kicking off the summer concert season with “The Star-Spangled Banner” at 7 p.m. today.

Director Brian Bucec will be joined by guest emcee Dave Eddy for a performance that includes the national anthem, as well as “Hosts of Freedom,” “Landmark Overture,” “Fantasy on Old Cowboy Songs,” “Antecedium,” “Comedy Classics and Salute to the Sultan.”

The free concert is outdoors at McCamly Park, on the corner of Michigan and Washington avenues. Audience members must bring their own seating. If the weather’s bad, the concert will be moved inside to the McQuiston Center at Battle Creek High School. Future concerts are June 12, 19 and July 10, 17 and 24. Plan on a longer concert when the Junior Post Band joins in on June 19 and July 24.

For more information, call 968-1622 or follow @DowntownBTLCRK on Twitter.

Barn brings the laughs

AUGUSTA – In the comedy “Shakespeare in Hollywood,” it’s 1934 and director Max Reinhardt wants to film Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” What starts as an art film turns into a screwball comedy when the real Oberon and Puck get involved.

The Barn Theatre’s cast includes Bruce Hammond as Oberon and Eric Tsuchiyama as Puck, Bethany Edlund as the budding starlet, Jamey Grisham as a song and dance man, Melissa Cotton as Oberon’s love interest and Eric Parker as one of the Warner brothers.

Tickets are $35. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 8:30 p.m. Saturdays June 10-22. The theater is located at 13351 W. M-96 in Augusta. For more information, go to barnthea­tre.com or call 731-4121.

Do you believe in magic?

COLON – Learn a trick or two at “Secrets of Magic,” a free workshop for all ages. Classes will run 11 a.m. Saturdays June 7-Aug. 30.

John Sterlini and guest magicians will teach students how to make things appear and disappear, how to read minds, perform card tricks and more.

Sterlini is the owner of Sterlini Magic Mfg, located at 208 E. State St. in Colon. Each class will run approximately 30 to 40 minutes and pre-registration is encouraged. For more information, go to sterlinimagic.com or call 734-844-3800.

Central grad in Hollywood

Sarah Young, a 2010 graduate of Battle Creek Central High School, has earned roles in two movies: “Science of Love,” by Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake production company, and “Check Yes, Juliet,” produced by StarPark Studios and distributed by RedBox.

Since graduating high school, Young has studied at Middlesex Community College in Mass., and with the Upright Citizens Brigade and Groundlings improvisational group in Los Angeles.

Vampires in Detroit

KALAMAZOO – The Kalamazoo Film Society is bringing “Only Lovers Left Alive” to the Alamo Drafthouse. The film stars the city of Detroit as much as it does Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton, two vampires who may find their long cultured lives coming to an end. It will run at the Alamo June 6-12. Admission for KFS members will be $5.50, and general admission is $7 matinee and $9 after 6 p.m. For more information, go to kalfilmsociety.net.